Sunday, November 4, 2012

Magdon On Wrongs and Rights

He emphasizes the importance of making the moral argument for freedom, in addition to the economic arguments.

One excerpt:

Unable to see the distortions of supply and demand for medical care
because of government meddling and how it makes healthcare less
affordable and less accessible, the Left doubles down on their support
for more government control. They advocate for the second wrong.
Because of the perceived inequality in the consumption of healthcare
resources, out of “fairness”, they wish to have bureaucrats decide what
physicians can and can not offer and what care patients will and will
not receive. They support government coercion to take both property and
freedom of choice away from Americans to redistribute the healthcare
resources how they choose. They accomplish this task by fraudulently
proclaiming the artificial right to healthcare. Your individual rights
to live peacefully no longer matter. Your liberty is essentially stolen
from you.

About FIRM

America was founded on the principles of freedom and individual rights. Applied to medicine, the law must respect the individual rights of doctors and other providers, allowing them the freedom to practice medicine. This includes the right to choose their patients, to determine the best treatment for their patients, and to bill their patients accordingly. In the same manner, the law must respect the individual rights of patients, allowing them the freedom to seek out the best doctors and treatment they can afford.

Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine (FIRM) promotes the philosophy of individual rights, personal responsibility, and free market economics in health care. FIRM holds that the only moral and practical way to obtain medical care is that of individuals choosing and paying for their own medical care in a capitalist free market. Federal and state regulations and entitlements, we maintain, are the two most important factors in driving up medical costs. They have created the crisis we face today.

Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine was founded by Lin Zinser and Paul Hsieh, MD in 2007. It is now managed by Paul Hsieh, MD.